The Orlando Sentinel
January 13, 1997|By Susan G. Strother of The Sentinel Staff
Aaron E. Denney, a World War II veteran and troubleshooter for the Orlando Utilities Commission, died Saturday of a heart attack. He was 75.
Denney, a native of Tyler, Texas, fought in Europe for the U.S. Army but never talked much about his experience, said Richard McKinney, his stepson.
After the war, he was stationed in Orlando, where he met and married the former Bessie Bailey in 1952.
He left the military as a sergeant in 1958 and began his 25-year career at OUC.
He installed the underground lines that would provide water to Orlando International Airport and later helped OUC locate and map old water lines throughout the city.
''He became an expert at doing that,'' McKinney said.
Denney enjoyed hunting and spent many weekends with his brother-in-law and two dogs hunting birds in the woods of Oviedo and Chuluota, many areas that today are subdivisions.
''He'd bring those quail in, and my mother would do the cooking,'' said Bessie Denney.
Denney was a member of the American Legion and the Orlando Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, stepson and three step-grandchildren.
Carey Hand Colonial Funeral Home in Orlando is handling arrangements.
January 13, 1997|By Susan G. Strother of The Sentinel Staff
Aaron E. Denney, a World War II veteran and troubleshooter for the Orlando Utilities Commission, died Saturday of a heart attack. He was 75.
Denney, a native of Tyler, Texas, fought in Europe for the U.S. Army but never talked much about his experience, said Richard McKinney, his stepson.
After the war, he was stationed in Orlando, where he met and married the former Bessie Bailey in 1952.
He left the military as a sergeant in 1958 and began his 25-year career at OUC.
He installed the underground lines that would provide water to Orlando International Airport and later helped OUC locate and map old water lines throughout the city.
''He became an expert at doing that,'' McKinney said.
Denney enjoyed hunting and spent many weekends with his brother-in-law and two dogs hunting birds in the woods of Oviedo and Chuluota, many areas that today are subdivisions.
''He'd bring those quail in, and my mother would do the cooking,'' said Bessie Denney.
Denney was a member of the American Legion and the Orlando Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, stepson and three step-grandchildren.
Carey Hand Colonial Funeral Home in Orlando is handling arrangements.
The Orlando Sentinel
January 13, 1997|By Susan G. Strother of The Sentinel Staff
Aaron E. Denney, a World War II veteran and troubleshooter for the Orlando Utilities Commission, died Saturday of a heart attack. He was 75.
Denney, a native of Tyler, Texas, fought in Europe for the U.S. Army but never talked much about his experience, said Richard McKinney, his stepson.
After the war, he was stationed in Orlando, where he met and married the former Bessie Bailey in 1952.
He left the military as a sergeant in 1958 and began his 25-year career at OUC.
He installed the underground lines that would provide water to Orlando International Airport and later helped OUC locate and map old water lines throughout the city.
''He became an expert at doing that,'' McKinney said.
Denney enjoyed hunting and spent many weekends with his brother-in-law and two dogs hunting birds in the woods of Oviedo and Chuluota, many areas that today are subdivisions.
''He'd bring those quail in, and my mother would do the cooking,'' said Bessie Denney.
Denney was a member of the American Legion and the Orlando Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, stepson and three step-grandchildren.
Carey Hand Colonial Funeral Home in Orlando is handling arrangements.
January 13, 1997|By Susan G. Strother of The Sentinel Staff
Aaron E. Denney, a World War II veteran and troubleshooter for the Orlando Utilities Commission, died Saturday of a heart attack. He was 75.
Denney, a native of Tyler, Texas, fought in Europe for the U.S. Army but never talked much about his experience, said Richard McKinney, his stepson.
After the war, he was stationed in Orlando, where he met and married the former Bessie Bailey in 1952.
He left the military as a sergeant in 1958 and began his 25-year career at OUC.
He installed the underground lines that would provide water to Orlando International Airport and later helped OUC locate and map old water lines throughout the city.
''He became an expert at doing that,'' McKinney said.
Denney enjoyed hunting and spent many weekends with his brother-in-law and two dogs hunting birds in the woods of Oviedo and Chuluota, many areas that today are subdivisions.
''He'd bring those quail in, and my mother would do the cooking,'' said Bessie Denney.
Denney was a member of the American Legion and the Orlando Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, stepson and three step-grandchildren.
Carey Hand Colonial Funeral Home in Orlando is handling arrangements.
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